Motorola announces MOTOZINE ZN5 candybar

Much to our surprise, Motorola has just announced the MOTOZINE ZN5 handset. On paper, at least, this is a very nice phone, sporting a 5-megapixel camera with auto-focus (yay!), Xenon flash, image editing, Wi-Fi, E8-style ModeShift keypad, and an EDGE radio. The specs are decent, and the EDGE radio is more of a limitation of the target market’s spectrum than of any nefarious attempts to destroy our access to 3G goodness. We made our thoughts about this handset’s evil slider twin known a couple weeks back, though the addition of auto-focus on this one is sure to bring a bit more appeal. Motorola is billing this with built-in Kodak Gallery integration, which is a nice thought, but attempting to upload a 5 megapixel image over an EDGE connection sounds like a savage exercise in frustration. No word on pricing, but expect this to launch in China next month, with worldwide availability coming soon thereafter.

Uploading via EDGE connection WOULD be slow… that is why the phone having WiFi is so clutch!

ChrisNYC

Yes, the WiFi makes the photography a real possibility, but I’ll bet there a lot of button pressing involved here.

KDM™

Its got that same nasty keypad as the Z9, I hated it. I hate this one already!

xyz

Dude, this is a modeshift keppad, the same one available in Rokr E8 and no one complained about, Get your data straights before vomitting your junk thoughts.

guess WHO

another Moto POS

charlie

Moto LJ doesn’t work with Mac os X well — they need to recognize apple is taking over the home computer segment of the US market — and get their media-centric phones working with the Mac.

But, oh, that’s right, it’s Moto.

specced

“Hey guys, let’s build a phone by throwing in a bunch of stuff that sounds cool but isn’t really, a bit of outdated network technology, and Wifi. Give it a splash of purple and it should sell as much as the razr did!”

Is Motorola actually still trying, or are they just putting things together in a desperate attempt to stay somewhat relevant? Or are they simply no longer competitive now that consumers expect their phones to work properly, not break every month, and have thought behind the design?